GCSE J277 - Data Storage Keyword Quiz

The set of symbols that may be represented in a computer at a particular time.  These symbols, called characters, can be letters, digits, spaces or punctuations marks, the set includes control characters

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Each character in this is given a 7-bit binary code which can represent 128 different characters

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Covers all major languages, including ones that use different alphabets, like Greek, Russian and Chinese. Multiple bytes are needed for each character.

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The smallest element in a picture

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The number of pixels in an image, often given as 'width x height'

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A set of data that describes and gives information about other data

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The number of bits used in each pixel for different colours

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The number of samples taken per second, measured in Hertz (Hz)

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The number of bits available to store each sample

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Converting an analogue sound wave into digital data

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